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Welcome to AgendaCamp Waterloo! This is the main page for the Waterloo AgendaCamp Wiki, please bookmark this page so that it's easy to return to. The live and in-person event takes place on Sunday March 29, 2009 at the William G. Davis Computer Research Centre, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario. This page is the starting point of the community's work together. Click here to return to TVO's AgendaCamp main page.

TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin On the Road to Waterloo focuses on Ontario's innovation and knowledge economy. This wiki is your opportunity to build a community resource that develops broad understanding about issues in the development of our innovation economy that are important to you.

Please note: In order to be able to add new pages or edit exisiting pages in this wiki, you need to log in first (and you need to register as a user of this wiki in order to be able to log in).

If you want to edit a page from one of the day's sessions, find it in the grid below and follow the links.  Once on the page, click "edit" in the upper left corner.  When you are finished making changes, choose "save".

If you have a new topic to add, click the "New Page" button in the header above .

Give your page a succinct, descriptive title. Write down the essence of what happened. You don't need to narrate every detail.

AgendaCamp Participants
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How do AgendaCampers stay in touch? It's easy. Dress up your user page on the wiki - called "My Page" in the main header above. You can attach a photo of yourself, write a short bio and leave your contact info so people can find you. Once you're done, please add your page to the list on this new Waterloo AgendaCampers page. Didn't attend AgendaCamp but want to join now? You are welcome to add your name too!

Questions from the Opening Circle:

 

Event Schedule
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The Grid, at a Glance:
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Time / Area A B C D E F G H I
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11:00-12:00 A1   B1  C1   D1  E1  F1   G1   H1  I1  J1  K1  L1 
12:00-1:00 A2   B2   C2   D2  E2   F2     H2   I2  J2  K2  L2 
2:00-3:00  A3   B3  C3   D3      G3  H3    J3     
3:00-4:00   B4  C4        G4  H4    J4  K4   

 

Opening Session (10:00 am - 11:00 am)
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Opening session with information about the day. 

 

Lunch (1:00 pm - 1:45 pm)
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Some suggestions for lunch:

  1. Meet new people! Sit with someone you've never met.
  2. Think about this question: "What is the best idea you heard this morning?"
  3. Be back at 1:20! There are some things we need to go over before the afternoon sessions.

 

Session 3 (2:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
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Area Topic 
Proposed By
A-3
New Canadians and innovation economy                  Martin Asling
B-3 Social media impact on employment  Evan Jones
C-3 Applying electrical engineering skills to agriculture  Andrew Bauer 
D-3 Ontario health care networks  Martin Cleaver
     
     
G-3 Arts role in innovation economy  Elena
H-3 Can universities with agencies produce entrepreneurs Craig Wardlaw
     
J-3 Can social media bring manufacturing innovation  Yvette Nanasi
     
     

 

Session 4 (3:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
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Area Topic 
Proposed By
                        
B-4 Penalty-based vs education based taxation Rhonda Lee
C-4 Moving from good ideas to solutions  Barbara Shakleton
     
 E-4  Video: Chain Stores Are Killing Local Economy  Workshop Notes  Peter Ormond
     
G-4 Innovation for competition in auto supply industry  D. Nash
H-4 Tech innovation for non-profits  Lisa
     
J-4 Venture capitalism-gov.role  Joseph Fung
K-4 Monetary system changes needed  D.Pelly
     

 

Closing Session (4:00 pm - 4:30 pm)

Closing session to share your wow moments, your take aways and the best idea you heard.

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